Packing-ring.



G. R. MAPLBS.

PACKING RING.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. s. 190s.

Patented N olv. 2. 1909.

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PACKING-,Enid

'To dll 'whom 'it'may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES It. MAPnEs, a citizen of vthe 4United States, residing at Cleveland, in V,the county -of *Cuyahoga n and State of Ohio, have invented Aa certain new and `useful 4Improvement =inv Packing-Rings, of which the following is a full, clear, yand exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

,The object of' his invention is to provide a very efficient and 4.at-the same time ajcheap packing ring for pistons offengines, pumps, andthe like.v x y lily packing ring is aclaptedto maintain at allf'times a snug connection between the pistonand cylinder wall without giving undue pressure on the wall and to automatically adj ust itself, as the wall wears, to maintain a tight connection.

The invention comprises the means I employ to this end, which consist broadly of a split ring and a coiled spring wire extending around the inner riphery of the ring and holding it in the esired expanded condition and causing it to radually further expand as the cylinder was allow it.

I further provide suitable flanges for hold-' ing the Wire in lace, which flanges may be formed integrali?7 `on the inner side of the ring by means of a recess turn'ed in the` ring, or may be'made by a thin piece of Ysheet metal lbearing against the inner surface of the ring. The invention is hereinafter more fully described in connection with the drawin and the essential. characteristics are set out 1n the claims.

`In the drawing, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a piston equipped with two o my` packing rings, one of the rings and portions of the cylinder wall being shown in' section; Fig. 2 1s a perspective of my pack ing ring; VFig. 3' is a detail of the packing ring adjacent to the split; Fig. 4 is -a cross section of the ring; Fig. '5 is a cross section of the modified 'form Where the flanges/are carried by a separate,4v piece of metal` A Referring by reference letters to the drawing, A rlepresents the cylinder Wall; B.' a usual [tru piston. On this piston are ari nular recesses b for the reception of the packing rings. These parts, of course, are of an construction, m packing rings being a apted to occupy t e ordinary annular .Specication of Letters Patent. :Application ,filed .August 8,` 1908. Serial No. 447,522. f'

, ,rammed Nov. v2, 1909.

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'My'packing ring comprises the ring proper C and the collcd'wire D. Thefring 1s shown as split-at c.v -The wire occupies the groove behind the ring and makes several turns about the piston and bears'outwardly-against the ring. The. wire is of spring material and its-resiliencel tends to uncoil it and 'there by expand the ring. l'lhisuncoiling force, however, is not very great, being just Sullic-ient to keep the ring expanded and to {furtlier expand it whenl the cylinder wall allows. 1vVhen once expanded, however, the-pressure on -the outside-does not .-contractfitfas that could only be accomplished bythe wire creep# ing Within the 'ringfinlthe direction=to -Wind up the coil, which theresilience offthewireprevents. The result is that the coiled wire .keeps the ring constantly bearing against the cylinder Wall withfjust the right amou'nt of pressure, gradually expanding the ring as the Wall and ring wear. So perfect sthis lit that l have 'found it Apossible 'to operate the pistons without lubrication and Without leakage.

i In installing my packing rings, the wire .D is coiled and4 placed within the ring before it is expanded, the ring being suitably held in contracted position `and the'wire simply coiled around inside of it. To hold the ring' in such position I may provide adjacent to the split c one Vor more tongues c carried vby one portion of the ring and extending -These tonguesare shown as held tothe respective poracross the adjacent portion.

tions of the ringby screws c2. Whenv the 'ring is compressed, an opening c in the tongue comes opposite an opening o in the ring, so that a suitable pin inserted through such alined 4openings will hold the rin compressed. In this position the wire 1s coiled within the ring. The ring is then gut in place on the piston andthe withrawal of the'pin allows the ring to expand under the iniuence of the wire. After the o ring orrings, with or without separators G,

are installed, the follower G is put on as usual, holding the rings against longitudinal displacement.

- 'lo keep each coil of Wire D within its correspondin ring, I provide edge flanges reventingt e lateral escape of the w1er. Phase flanges may bea portion of the ring space between a shoulder and-:follower on' Correctin n Letters PatentNo. 939,047.

itself, as shown at c5, in Fig. 4, where the fianges are provided by simply making' a wide groove c the inner' periphery of the ring 'i in which groove the wire lies. Where itis desired to use yan. existin ring without grooving it, I provide the anges by means of a separate piece of sheet' metal located between the wire and the inner periphery of the 'rin This piece of sheet metal is shown at in Fig. 5. It is. thin the vring and forms simply a liner therefor and is provided with edge lianges e, the wire D lying in the recess provided Vbetween these flanges.

It will be seen thatmy ring is vextremely simple in construction, that yit is self-con,-

tainedg itselffcarrying its expanding means; that there is nothing about it `t get out of order, and that it automatically adapts itself to the conditions of wear, as required. Inasmuch as the ring expands whenever the cylinder allows it, and l,cannot contract, it automatically wears down any high places in the wall, keeping the cylinder true.

1. The combination of a split ring, means for temporarily holdin it compressed, a spring wire adapted to e coiled Within the ring when compressed and to expand the [slaan] ring, when the temporary holding means is released, and lateral retaining means forthe wire. l l

2. In 'av packing device, a ring having a split end provided with a tongue on one portion extending across the split to the other portion, said tongue and other ortion having openings adapted to aline W en the ring is compressed, whereby it mayr be held compressed `by apln combined with a wire coiled around, he inner periphery of the ring, and means for preventing the lateral escape| of the wire.

3. As a new .article of manufacture, a self- -contained expansible packingA rig comprising a split ring' having a cylindrical exterior, and interior, a wire coiled into a helix within the ring, said wire being comparatively long and of small. cross-section and tending to substantially uncoil, and

`means for preventing the lateral escape of the wire'from the interior of the ring.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afx my v y signature in the presence of two witnesses. CHARLES R. MAPLES.

` Witnesses:

v ALBERT H. BATES,

BRENNAN B. WEST.

It is hereby certiedlthat Letters Patent No. 9139,04?, grant-ed` November 2, 1909, upon the `application of Charles R. Maples` ofl Cleveland, Ohio, t'or an improvement 'in Packing-Ringsfian error appears in the lprinted speciiication requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 4A, the word rig, should read ring; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent ice. Y I

signed ana Sealed thisad. day of May, A. D., 1910.

0. C. BILLINGS; Acting Oom'nz'ssz'onefof Patents.

Correctin n Letters PatentNo. 939,047.

itself, as shown at c5, in Fig. 4, where the fianges are provided by simply making' a wide groove c the inner' periphery of the ring 'i in which groove the wire lies. Where itis desired to use yan. existin ring without grooving it, I provide the anges by means of a separate piece of sheet' metal located between the wire and the inner periphery of the 'rin This piece of sheet metal is shown at in Fig. 5. It is. thin the vring and forms simply a liner therefor and is provided with edge lianges e, the wire D lying in the recess provided Vbetween these flanges.

It will be seen thatmy ring is vextremely simple in construction, that yit is self-con,-

tainedg itselffcarrying its expanding means; that there is nothing about it `t get out of order, and that it automatically adapts itself to the conditions of wear, as required. Inasmuch as the ring expands whenever the cylinder allows it, and l,cannot contract, it automatically wears down any high places in the wall, keeping the cylinder true.

1. The combination of a split ring, means for temporarily holdin it compressed, a spring wire adapted to e coiled Within the ring when compressed and to expand the [slaan] ring, when the temporary holding means is released, and lateral retaining means forthe wire. l l

2. In 'av packing device, a ring having a split end provided with a tongue on one portion extending across the split to the other portion, said tongue and other ortion having openings adapted to aline W en the ring is compressed, whereby it mayr be held compressed `by apln combined with a wire coiled around, he inner periphery of the ring, and means for preventing the lateral escape| of the wire.

3. As a new .article of manufacture, a self- -contained expansible packingA rig comprising a split ring' having a cylindrical exterior, and interior, a wire coiled into a helix within the ring, said wire being comparatively long and of small. cross-section and tending to substantially uncoil, and

`means for preventing the lateral escape of the wire'from the interior of the ring.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afx my v y signature in the presence of two witnesses. CHARLES R. MAPLES.

` Witnesses:

v ALBERT H. BATES,

BRENNAN B. WEST.

It is hereby certiedlthat Letters Patent No. 9139,04?, grant-ed` November 2, 1909, upon the `application of Charles R. Maples` ofl Cleveland, Ohio, t'or an improvement 'in Packing-Ringsfian error appears in the lprinted speciiication requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 4A, the word rig, should read ring; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent ice. Y I

signed ana Sealed thisad. day of May, A. D., 1910.

0. C. BILLINGS; Acting Oom'nz'ssz'onefof Patents.

Correction in- Letters PatentlNo. 939,047.

It is hereby certiiied that in Letters Patent No. 939,047, granted November 2, 1902 upon the application of Charles R. Maples, of Cleveland, Ohio, for an impr-ow ment in Packing-Rings," an error appears in the printed Specification requiring correction as follows: Page 2, line 44, the word rig should read ring; and that thl said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same maj conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofice.

Signed and sealed this 3d day of May, A. D1, 1910.

[SEAL] C. C. BILLINGS,

Acting Commz'ssz'rmer of Patents. 

